On Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R-Ariz.) wrote a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, threatening legal action if Yellen and the Biden Administration followed through on previous threats to withhold funds from the state of Arizona over its lack of COVID-19 restrictions.
As reported by Fox News, Brnovich wrote that although “the states created the federal government, not the other way around…members of the Biden administration have continuously ignored this fundamental principle of our great nation when proposing and enacting bureaucratic mandates and harmful regulations upon individual states.”
“It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the U.S. Department of Treasury, under your leadership, is again trying to overstep its constitutional bounds and dictate to Arizona how our state should run and fund our schools,” Brnovich’s letter continued.
Brnovich’s letter was in response to a previous threat by the Biden Administration on Friday, which ordered Arizona to stop withholding federal funds from public schools that continued to maintain mask mandates for all students. The Administration threatened to retaliate by reclaiming over $160 million in federal coronavirus aid funds that had previously been designated for spending on schools.
“Other states and state officials may not push back against federal overreach,” Brnovich said, “but rest assured, my office will fight every day to defend Arizona’s sovereignty and the cherished constitutional liberties of our constituents.”
Currently in his second term as Attorney General, Brnovich is one of several candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate this year, where incumbent Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is facing re-election to a full six-year term after winning a special election in 2020. Although President Donald Trump visited the state on Saturday for his latest rally, he has yet to endorse anyone in the Senate primary. Other candidates besides Brnovich include solar company executive Jim Lamon, retired Air Force Major General Michael McGuire, and businessman Blake Masters.
On Wednesday, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R-Ariz.) wrote a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, threatening legal action if Yellen and the Biden Administration followed through on previous threats to withhold funds from the state of Arizona over its lack of COVID-19 restrictions.
As reported by Fox News, Brnovich wrote that although “the states created the federal government, not the other way around…members of the Biden administration have continuously ignored this fundamental principle of our great nation when proposing and enacting bureaucratic mandates and harmful regulations upon individual states.”
“It shouldn’t surprise anyone that the U.S. Department of Treasury, under your leadership, is again trying to overstep its constitutional bounds and dictate to Arizona how our state should run and fund our schools,” Brnovich’s letter continued.
Brnovich’s letter was in response to a previous threat by the Biden Administration on Friday, which ordered Arizona to stop withholding federal funds from public schools that continued to maintain mask mandates for all students. The Administration threatened to retaliate by reclaiming over $160 million in federal coronavirus aid funds that had previously been designated for spending on schools.
“Other states and state officials may not push back against federal overreach,” Brnovich said, “but rest assured, my office will fight every day to defend Arizona’s sovereignty and the cherished constitutional liberties of our constituents.”
Currently in his second term as Attorney General, Brnovich is one of several candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate this year, where incumbent Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is facing re-election to a full six-year term after winning a special election in 2020. Although President Donald Trump visited the state on Saturday for his latest rally, he has yet to endorse anyone in the Senate primary. Other candidates besides Brnovich include solar company executive Jim Lamon, retired Air Force Major General Michael McGuire, and businessman Blake Masters.